Scope - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2020
News

Inside Out

and more productive workers. In this excerpt, the authors sketch out the scope of the opportunity. “Why are we ignoring the 90 percent?” This is the question with which Joe likes to start most presentations, to get the audience thinking... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

in the summer of 2007 and provides background for better understanding the full scope of the crisis as it was revealed during the summer and fall of 2008. It was written to address two sets of issues. First, it provides the opportunity to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707052 China Resources Corp. (A): 6S Management Harvard Business School Case 107-013 No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=107013 Choosing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/PEL073-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-102 AIP Healthcare Japan: Investing in Japan's Retirement Home Market The CEO of a health-care based REIT is considering alternative nursing home investment strategies. Students... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power

yet the traditions and memories of preeminence remained, and today's educational leaders have used these lessons to fuel the more recent, dramatic growth in scope and excellence of Chinese universities. The early PRC was widely believed... View Details

Keywords: by William C. Kirby

01 Apr 2000
News

Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

"Women Enriching Business," the daylong event was designed to celebrate the scope of women's accomplishments in the business world as well as to strengthen the ties between current MBA students and women business leaders. (WSA Web Site)... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

of scope for managerial diversion, having the state enforce its claim can be a wonderful thing for shareholders. Similarly, tax avoidance in the United States is only valued fully for firms that are considered well-governed firms. Some... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

different in scope and age and mission: the Clark Foundation and Pfizer pharmaceuticals. These two organizations wanted to get rid of trachoma by the year 2020. "They both had very specific and clear core capabilities. Pfizer had... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Web

European and UK Personal Data Collection Disclosure | HBS Online

processing or sharing of Personal Data by a Harvard Entity when those activities are within the scope of any Relevant Law. “Relevant Law” means any personal data protection law applicable to individuals located outside the U.S. that apply... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

A Binary Formula

530,000-square-foot Allston Science Complex — four multistory buildings, due for completion in 2011 — the centerpiece of the initial phase of Harvard’s 300-acre development on the Boston side of the Charles River. Both in the scale and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

14 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

impacting people’s behavior and underlying firm culture,” he says. Accenture rethinks its code Compliance can be difficult for employees when they are faced with a 50-page document filled with generic principles and discussions of regulation that fall outside their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

barriers that limited firms' geographic scope and unleashing a seemingly unlimited set of new threats, challenges, and opportunities to create value globally. Globalization presents managers with an environment to create value that is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2011
News

Reimagining the MBA

and scope of these changes have challenged business schools to devise new ways to teach the skills necessary to succeed and lead in 21st-century organizations. “We’re at the end of an era,” says Professor David Garvin, who, with HBS... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Web

Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity

of a project. Technological Invisibility Gaps in access and utility that emerge for particular demographic groups due to limited scope or understanding and appreciation of differences in need/experience. Universal Design A set of... View Details

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

constellation of practices that extends across the entirety of organizational life. We had hit upon a development that goes beyond the traditional scope of what communication leaders do, and we therefore widened our research to encompass... View Details

Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg

01 Mar 2025
News

Work of Art

Jason Price (MBA 2003) in the main gallery space at NXTHVN, the art community he cofounded in New Haven’s Dixwell neighborhood Trying to capture the scope of what’s going on at NXTHVN, the nonprofit arts and community organization Jason Price (MBA 2003) cofounded with... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Chris Sorensen; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

11 Jun 2021
News

The Power of Resilience

do this without you.” And my immediate response was, “You're not going to have to.” Like I was just convinced that everything was going to be fine, and it's quite possible that I was delusional at that time because I didn't necessarily fully understand the View Details

28 May 2019
News

Broken Link

federal, state, and school district levels to address these issues. The team’s first task was to determine the scope of the problem. They built a test to measure a school’s broadband speed, then partnered with state departments of... View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

September 2021 (Revised October 2022)
Supplement

Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply

By: Dante Roscini and John Masko

Supplements the (A) case. In late 2020, demand for Hester Pharmaceutical’s (Hester’s) breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab was outstripping the company’s most optimistic projections. In order to increase manufacturing capacity and meet the demand, Hester was... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Cost vs Benefits; Trade; Supply Chain; Global Strategy; Buildings and Facilities; Operations; Health Care and Treatment; Demand and Consumers; Global Range; Globalized Markets and Industries; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy; China; United States; Germany

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October 2010 (Revised July 2013)
Case

ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Rachel Gordon

As a global NGO working in 45 countries, ActionAid International aims to eradicate poverty by addressing its underlying causes such as injustice and inequality. This case follows a series of radical transformations implemented by the organization's CEO, Ramesh Singh—a... View Details